G04701

σπορά

Alt. σπορά, ἡ,

Etym. σπείρω

I. "a sowing" of seed, Plat.: of children, "origin, birth", Aesch., Soph.

2. "seed-time", Eur.

II. "the seed sown", id=Eur.:—of persons, "seed, offspring", Soph.: generally, θηλὺς σπ. the female "race", Eur. Hence.